Hindutva Watch

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sadhvi Prachi has courted yet another controversy, calling for Muslims to be shunned from making Kanwar for devotees of...

Of the 41 verdicts delivered by various local courts on cases relating to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots that claimed the lives of at least...

By Satyendra Tripathi / National Herald India The mainstreaming of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is complete. From the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the Raj Bhavans in...

A 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant "Jai Shri Ram". The incident...

By Prem Shankar Jha This is the final article of a three-part series. You can read the first part here and the second here. Two preceding articles in this...

Consensus within the collegium is sometimes resolved through a trade-off resulting in dubious appointments with disastrous consequences for the litigants and the credibility of the judicial system. Besides, institutional independence has also been compromised by growing sycophancy and “lobbying” within the system

By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar AYODHYA, India — The barefooted pilgrims passed by watchtowers, checkpoints and walls topped with barbed wire. They emptied their pockets, stepped through...

By ATUL DEV NARENDRA MODI’S ARRIVAL in the prime minister’s office in 2014 heralded tense days for the Indian judiciary. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto had...

ASSAM, India — Dilip Biswas had lived in the small northeastern state of Assam for 40 years, growing rice on his land and cooking...

By Humra Quraishi How can one survive when the enemy is roaming about right here, lurking right in front, to catch and thrash and lynch...

By Arundhati Roy While we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after...

Indian police say they have arrested 11 people over the torture of a Muslim man who later died of his wounds, in the latest suspected...

New Delhi: It has been six years since communal riots took place in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh which claimed 62 lives. While those...